How To Install gfsview on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfsview
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gfsview
gfsview is:
Gerris is a system for the solution of the partial differential equations describing fluid flow.
GfsView displays the results of 2D and 3D Gerris simulations. A brief summary of its main features:
* Scalar and vector cross-sections.
* Isosurfaces.
* Streamlines.
* User-defined functions.
* Fast adaptive display (using the multiresolution data
representation of Gerris).
* Scriptable.
* Offline image generation.
* Quality PostScript, PDF and bitmap outputs.
There are three methods to install gfsview
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gfsview Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gfsview
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gfsview
Install gfsview Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gfsview
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gfsview
Install gfsview Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gfsview
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gfsview
How To Uninstall gfsview on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gfsview
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gfsview
Uninstall gfsview And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gfsview
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gfsview
Remove gfsview Configurations and Data
To remove gfsview
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gfsview
Remove gfsview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gfsview
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gfsview
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gfsview
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.